Benjamin Hawkins was a senator from North Carolina, 1789-1795, and Indian agent for all tribes south of the Ohio River, 1796-1816.
1 volume, 174 p.
Presented by Thomas Jefferson and accessioned, 1816 (8876).
This item is also available on microfilm (Film 1288).
There is a printed version taken from another manuscript in the Georgia Historical Society's Collections 3: 1 (1848).
This document is a copy of Benjamin Hawkins report on the Creeks. In the essay, Hawkins tries to give a nearly complete picture of the Creek confederacy. He details the various Creek towns and their character, describes some individuals, conveys the oral history of an elder, and provides commentary on Creek culture, government, and tactics of war.
This copy is one of only three extant. This one was donated to the APS by Thomas Jefferson. Hawkins was from North Carolina, served as the state's Senator, and then served as the federal government's Indian agent for southern Indians.
Another copy of this manuscript was printed by the state of Georgia in the 1840s.